pongy

== English == === Etymology === From pong + -y. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈpɒŋi/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈpɔŋi/ Rhymes: -ɒŋi === Adjective === pongy (comparative pongier, superlative pongiest) (UK, Australia, New Zealand, informal) Having a bad smell. 2001, Ken Campbell, Home, in John O′Connor, Scripts and Sketches, Heinemann Educational, UK, page 79, Look, they′ve even put a pair of old pongy socks exactly like mine in the corner by the door, exactly like I bunged them last Sunday. Mind you, they are a bit pongier than I remembered. But mind you, they would get pongier over the week. ==== Derived terms ==== pongily ponginess